Wheelset

One other change of plan was the wheelset. Originally I'd planned to use a set of GT Superlace hubs on Araya Aeros, much like what's on my Performer.

Well now it looks like its going to be Peregrine 48s.

Odyssey Gyro

Picked up a raw Odyssey Gyro off RadBMX.co.uk (cheers zombie_jesus)

It will eventually be powdered green.

Del-cals decals

Once again Del-Cals.co.uk came through with the decals for the build, even some non standard ones.

First up some standard 1986 Haro Master decals for the frame, fork and bars.

Then the custom stuff... Since this will be a very green/white build, I thought a nice touch would be to redo the Haro Group 1 decals in green instead of blue and have the fork decals made in green/blue instead of the normal red blue.

Turned out nicer than expected :)

 

Definately look to Del-Cals.co.uk if you need decal work done.

Viscount Dominator

Today's little piece of the puzzle!

Group 1 Stem

Picked up a Haro Group 1 stem for the build. Anlun stamped but not green which is what it will end up being. It's fairly clean, rust bolt and some minor marks on the stem bolt, but it's complete even with the plastic rotor plug, so it's a nice base to start with.

A strip and a polish and it now looks like this

Next stage of to SBD for some fluro Haro green on the top cap :)

A'me Grip Repair/Restoration

In my search for the A'me grips I managed to find a second set, but unfortunately on of the end was damaged through usage.

The rest of the grips were in great condition do I figured I'd have a first try at grip repair. I used a hot knife and soldering iron. Far from perfect but certainly better than before.

Before:

After:

This makes three pairs of green bubble font A'me Tri's and interestingly enough is that each pair is different.

This pair actually has A'me twice on the flange, the other two pairs only once. and one grip on the other pair has the A'me so that the Triangle points downward. Must stick some photos up of the differences later on.

More bits for the Haro

Some more bits and pieces for the Haro build arrived over the past week that i haven't got around to putting up.

First up, a nice "pair" of bubble font A'me Tri grips. I write "pair" in quotations as they aren't technically a pair, but two orphan grips I sourced from different people state side.

A gen 1 Odyssey Gyro lower... now if i could also find a matching upper cable I'd have everything I need for the build. But so far no luck sourcing an upper. :(

Next up is a nice hinged DC seat clamp... It's blue, but wanted green, although I'm not even sure if they were available in green. Anyway, not quite sure what to do with it. Keep it blue, have it powdered green of even polish it up. Powdering might be tricky because of the hinge, I'll see what SBD thinks... ;)

A finally for the front brake an 1986 stamped green Dia Compe brake cable. Managed to get a nice deal on four of these. So if until I find a green upper gyro cable, I might just run a normal rear brake line.

"DIA COMPE 861202F", i.e. 2nd December 1986.